All NHS Employers articles – Page 6
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NewsNHS trusts face widespread vacancies at board level
More than a third of NHS trusts had at least one board level vacancy last year with more than half of directors in post for less than three years, according to new research.
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News'Biggest reform of GP contract since 2004' planned by NHS England
NHS England is planning to make next year what may be “the most substantial changes to the GP contract since 2004”.
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NewsGovernment warned NHS workforce gap could persist until 2027
The NHS Pay Review Body has warned ministers that the workforce gap in the health service “will persist until 2027” unless action is taken.
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NewsHome Office rubber stamps EU workers' rights
EU workers employed by the NHS will be granted “settled status” after five years living in the UK under plans revealed by the government today.
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NewsExclusive: Ministers drawing up plans for new staff 'offer'
Ministers and NHS leaders are holding discussions to draw up a new “offer” to the NHS workforce to help boost staff retention, HSJ understands.
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NewsRegulator to 'tighten the screws' on agency spending
NHS Improvement has launched a new crackdown on NHS agency staff spending prompting warnings the ambitions could be “undeliverable in practice.”
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NewsUpdated: Government to scrap visa cap for non-EU doctors
The government is to remove its tier two visa cap for non-EU doctors and nurses, the Home Office has confirmed.
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NewsCall for urgency after Government agrees review of visa rules
The Home Office has announced it will review the UK’s tier two visa system in response to national concerns from NHS trusts over rejected visas for overseas doctors.
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NewsVisa cap is 'not logical' and threatens patient care
The government’s tier two visa cap is “not logical” and is “threatening patient care and safety”, HSJ has been told.
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News'Substantive' review of junior doctors' contract to go ahead
A review of the terms and conditions of the controversial junior doctors’ contract, which led to nationwide strike action will start in August, HSJ understands.
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NewsHEE accepts it is an employer of junior doctors
Health Education England has accepted it is a joint employer of junior doctors alongside NHS trusts, an employment tribunal was told today.
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NewsHealth secretary backs dedicated NHS and care staff visa
Health secretary Jeremy Hunt will raise the prospect of creating a dedicated immigration visa category for health and social care staff with the new home secretary, he has revealed to HSJ.
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NewsUpdated: Government blocks 100 doctors' visas
NHS Employers and the medical royal colleges have called on the Home Office to exclude nurses from its tier two visa cap to free up places for doctors, it has emerged.
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NewsUnion rejects Stevens' call for targeted pay to help recruitment crisis
The British Medical Association has rejected calls by the chief of NHS England, Simon Stevens, that NHS doctors should be paid more to work in unpopular areas of the country.
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HSJ LocalTrust cuts spending on agency staff by half
A trust has cut its spending on agency staff by half through greater use of electronic rostering.
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NewsRevealed: Pay deal includes permanent cut to some out of hours rates
Some NHS staff will see a permanent reduction in their out of hours pay rates as part of the new Agenda for Change deal agreed between unions and NHS Employers.
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Deal to reform clinical excellence awards agreed
Clinical excellence awards made by NHS trusts will no longer be pensionable and limited to between one and three years as part of a deal agreed between NHS Employers and the British Medical Association.
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NewsEmployers confident contract deal will end NHS pay drift
NHS Employers chief executive Danny Mortimer has said he is confident NHS trusts will implement reforms to prevent automatic pay rises following a deal on the Agenda for Change contract.
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NewsMinisters and unions agree Agenda for Change pay and reform deal
More than 1 million NHS staff are set to be offered an average 6 per cent pay rise spread over three years from next April, after ministers and trade unions agreed a deal to reform the Agenda for Change pay framework, HSJ has been told.
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NewsGovernment to review whether GP premises 'fit for purpose'
NHS England and the government have agreed to carry out a review of primary care premises as part of this year’s GP contract deal with the British Medical Association.